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“Despite the reforms made by the Vatican, the Church here still employs the same methods in handling abuse cases,” said Gatchalian, now a victims’ attorney. “They’re more focused on protecting the priest rather than the complaining victim.”

Gatchalian remains a practicing Catholic and said he has forgiven his abuser, who has been laicized.

Pope Leo received Bishop Petar Palić of Mostar-Duvno, the diocese in Bosnia and Herzegovina in which Medjugorje is located.

The author of the two-page text is Msgr. Robert Cannon of the Diocese of Venice, Florida.

Pope Leo XIV held his first private audience with Archbishop Josef Grünwidl of Vienna, seven months after his appointment to the see and less than four months after his installation.

Pope Leo XIV received Prime Minister Kamil Idris of Sudan, a nation that has suffered civil war since 2023.

The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines today urged the nation’s Senate to proceed swiftly with an impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte.